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Family: Zingiberaceae

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Etlingera echinulata A.D. Poulsen

Determinations:
Name	Type of det.	Det. based on specimen	Det. by and when
Etlingera echinulata A.D. Poulsen	Det.	E00640815	Poulsen, A.D.
Etlingera echinulata A.D. Poulsen	Det.	E00640816	Poulsen, A.D.
Etlingera echinulata A.D. Poulsen	Det.	E00640817	Poulsen, A.D.
Etlingera echinulata A.D. Poulsen	Det.	E00640818	Poulsen, A.D.

Isotype of Etlingera echinulata A.D. Poulsen

Collector/Expedition: Poulsen, Axel Dalberg & Kinho, Julianus

Collection number: 2808

Collection date: 22nd February 2009

Country/Territory: Indonesia

Collecting locality: Indonesia:Sulawesi. Central Sulawesi Province. Tabodok.

Latitude: 0°59'31''N, Longitude: 121°36'11''E

Habitat: Edge of secondary forest near garden trail.

Description: Terrestrial herb. Leafy shoots 6?15 cm apart, to 2.1 m long. Base to 2 cm diam, brown. Sheath yellow-green. Ligule to 3 mm long. Petiole to 6 mm long with basal callus. Lamina to 34 x 5 cm, mid-green; pale green beneath. Inflorescence radical, to 10 cm long. Peduncle to 5 cm long with yellowish cream bracts. Spike loose, to 5 x 2 cm. Fertile bract pale yellow-green. Bracteole membranous pale yellow-green. Ovary and calyx pale yellow-green. Corolla tube pale red; lobes pale yellow-green. Staminal tube pale pink. Labellum white with yellow-green centre, pale red at base. Filament pale pink. Anther pale yellow-green. Stigma pale yellow-green. Infructescence with 15 fruits; head 5 x 4 cm, pedicel to 1 cm long, fruit pale red. Taste of centre of lower leafy shoot: bitter pine-like.

Miscellaneous notes: Deposited at: AAU, BO, E, SING. Photographed. Material in spirit. DNA sampled.

Kind of specimen: SPIRIT

Barcode: E00830688

Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00830688

Herbarium region: 6C (Malay Islands)

Number of sheets: 1

Associated material:

Herbarium sheetE00640815

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Herbarium sheetE00640816

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Herbarium sheetE00640817